Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2208, Isaac Feather, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Feather, Isaac
S. 2208
Carded.
CONTENTS

N o 5805 Pennsylvania
Isaac Feather
of Montgm. Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Priv. V.D.M. in the Company commanded by Captain Heister of the Reg t commanded by Col. Hunter in the Pennsylvania line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 45 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to Hon. J. R. Mann. W. B.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832 67.50 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 March } 22.50 1833 }
$90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk
Book D. Vol. 6. Page 57
Letter to Hon. J. M c Nair Feb 8. 1854
Died Jan. 26 - 1836 (from A. B.)

Application of
Isaac Feather
as due to him for
a pension
8 months since

Declaration of Isaac Feather an old soldier in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Pennsylvania & 3 County of Montgomery 3/4.
On the twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting for said county of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania Isaac Feather a descendant of John Weaver his wife in said county of Montgomery in the State of Penn- sylvania aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the year Spring of the year 1776 and returned late in the fall, having been out but four months. When he first entered the service he lived in the town of Reading in the county of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania, and enlisted under Cap- tain Joseph Hester the late Governor of Penn- sylvania and marched from Reading to Tren- ton through Bucks County. And from Trenton to New York Amboy and then to New York and there he stayed until the Battle of Long Island when he fled. There he was defeated & he was again taken back to New York and Captain Joseph Hester was taken prisoner & did not see him again until after our army was at Reading. Our Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Sadt was also taken prisoner and Captain Crowl was captain otherwise of the same Regiment was also taken prisoner, from New York he was taken up to Winchester in the East

Now, from Westchester we went up to a place called Whiteplains. And we stayed there until the English drove us away from there. We went up the river some distance and crossed at a ferry the name of which I do not now recollect. And after a long retreat until we came to Trenton. And when we crossed the Delaware and we were on the Penn- sylvania side the English were on the Jersey side and crossed to Delaware in the night. At that time our time was spent and we went home. I had no written discharge. Henry Holden was our head Colonel. He lived in Reading also. The second time I was in the war was in the year 1777. I was then out in the militia. I acted as quarter Master of the Regiment. It was the first Regiment of Berks County Militia commanded by Colonel Daniel Hunter. I then lived in Reading, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. We marched to Philadelphia then to Old Chester and Wilmington in the State of Delaware. Then we stayed some time this was just before the battle of Brandywine We were in the Battle of Brandywine when we were defeated. We then retreated again to Chester and up towards Philadelphia and crossed the Schuylkill Hill above Philadelphia and near to Norristown this was late in the fall. Our time of service then ended and we went home. This time I was out only two months. General Potter was our General he commanded the militia. We had two reg- iments together one commanded by Col. Hunter the other commanded by Colonel Daniel Hunter. I do not recollect who the Lieut. Col. was, or the Majors. I have no written or doc- umentary evidence of my services. I received Lieutenant's pay as a quarter Master but had no commission. I was out eight months altogether there is no person now living who was out with me that I know of or whom I could find

can to testify for me
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity Except the present and declare that his name is not on any now Pension Roll of any agency Except on the pension list of the State of Pennsylvania
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above said -
J. F. W. P. O. P.
Isaac Feather
We Comas Miller a Clergyman residing in the Town of New Germantown Ship and County of Montgomery State of Pennsylvania and George Richards a Justice of the peace residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Feather who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age. That he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid. J. F. W. P. O. P.
C. Miller Geo. Richards

Questions Submitted to the Witness named Isaac Feather in Open Court by the Court.
Ques n 1. Where and in what year were you born
Ans. I was born in Reading in Berks County in Pennsylvania. on the third of August 1753—
Ques n 2. I have a record records of your age and where is it.
Ans n I have a record of my age at home in my bible which I copied from my father's bible
Ques n 3 Where were you living when you were called into service. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War. And where do you now live.
Ans n When I entered the service I lived in Reading afterwards, I lived some the Revolution a part of the time in Berks County, and the balance of time about thirty years in New Hanover Township in Montgomery County, where I now reside.
Ques n 4 How were you called into service. Where were you drafted. Did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if so for whom
Ans n The first time I was called in the service I was enlisted the next time drafted
Ques n 5 State the names of any of the regular officers that you know who were with the

troops you would. such continental and citizen regiments as you recalled and the general circumstances of your service
Ans The Colonel that I knew the first time was Henry Haller he was head Colonel before Lutz was the second Colonel. I think Haller's was an Inf. but recalled the name of any of the regiments that were with us. we were joined to a regiment that was raised near Lancaster. The Colonel named was Col Howard - The second time Potter was the General and we were all Militia. This time I was in the battle of Brandywine and we were defeated.
Dec 4 6 Have you any written discharge & where is it and by whom was it given and by whom was it signed
Ans I have no written discharge at any time
Morn to us a letter dated Isaac Leather in Open Court the day before yours was J. H. H. Prob

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of their matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Conrad Miller who signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the township of New Hanover, Montgomery County, and that George Richards who also signed the same is a resident in the said township & county aforesaid, and is a credible person, and their statement entitled to full credit.
John Bon Presd. Juge Hiram McNeill one of the associate judges for the Montgomery county Rich. & H. Jones att. Juge.

Isaac Fry Junr. Prothonotary The Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania held at Norristown in said County do hereby certify that the within are true copies of the within and Richard B Jones. Esquire who have signed the within certifi- cate for judges of said Court. And do further cer- tify that the foregoing Certificate the original whereof is of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Feather for a pension
SA Testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set My hand and seal of office the twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
J. H. H. Post
Send the certificate in this case to Thomas M. Kelly Norristown. Montgomery County. Pennsylvania

Isaac Feather
5 Feby 1833
Obj. 16
Page 238
Private Univ — $20
2 March 21 — 25
45:00
Hon. J. R. Mann
2

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Feather of the County of Montgomery in the State of Penn a  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 — 6 — Private Gen. Col. Hotten, Capt. Heester   77 — 2 — 2d M c Col. Hunter,  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island, Brandywine  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bucks County  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Regular 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

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January 23, 1928
Miss Marie R. Yost 1548 DeKalb St., Norristown, Penna.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2208 it appears that Isaac Feather was born August 3, 1753 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of said Reading he enlisted in the spring of 1776, served one  Six months as a private in Captain Joseph Hiester's Company, Colonel Henry Haller's Pennsylvania Regiment and was at the battle of Long Island.
He enlisted in 1777, served two months a Quartermaster in Colonel Daniel Hunter's Pennsylvania Regiment and was at the battle of Brandywine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 22, 1832 while a resident of New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He died January 26, 1836 in said township.
I did not say anything about family as "their" are referred to, but no relationship stated. This inquires was named Yost — so was the ancestor.
Respectfully, WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1926 Jan. 23 - Heit, & Miss Maria R. York MMNF -
Rev War
2208
INVALID.
2208
File No.
Isaac Feather
Q.M. Rev War
Act: June 7. 1882
Index: - Vol. A, Page 5805.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MISS MARIE R. YOST 1548 DEKALB STREET NORRISTOWN, PA.
United States Pension Bureau
Dear Sirs -
Would it be possible for me to obtain the pension record of Isaac Beahm born Aug. 3, 1753 Died Jan'y. 26, 1836 and who served in the Revolutionary war as quarter- master. Berks County Militia - Any information would be greatly appreciated
Yours Truly Marie R. Yost

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Benjamin B. Yost of Pottstown Montgomery County & State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint A. Pugh of Washington City D.C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Isaac Feather (deceased) for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to the heirs of said Isaac Feather (deceased) to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 14 day of March A. D., 185 4 .
Benjamin B. Yost
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
M. J. Sillman John Thompson
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Montgomery } ss:
On this fourteenth day of March A. D. 185 4 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Benjamin B. Yost and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
John Thompson J. Peace.

Claim of  Isaac Hether (deceased) Act of
J. H. Hether Resid.
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss. COUNTY of Montgomery }
day of March
Be it known, That on this fourteenth
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty four , before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Benjamin B. Yost a resident of Pottstown in said County, and
made oath according to law that — he is the Surviving Executor of Isaac
Hether (deceased) late of Pottstown in Montgomery
County and State aforesaid
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of ninety six ($96) Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. John Thompson J. Peace.
Benj m B. Yost.
I, John Thompson a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Benjamin B. Yost who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
John Thompson J. Peace.
I, Nathaniel Jacoby of the Com. Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Thompson Esqr before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 15 th — day of
March
A. D. 1854.
Nath l Jacoby Prothonotary